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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: FREEDOM IN DRESS, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Still to be neat, still to be drest Last Line: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Variant Title(s): Clerimont's Song;sweet Neglect;simplex Munditiis Subject(s): Art & Artists; Clothing & Dress; Cosmetics; Simplicity | |||
STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed -- Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free, -- Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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